Friday, May 5, 2017

US Navy Seal killed in Somalia, two soldiers hurt, after Trump ordered US troops back to endless war in Somalia to allegedly fight al-Shabab terrorists-BBC (US has no business giving "training and advice" to any other country when it refuses to protect its own citizens and borders).

(continuing): "American
presidents have been wary of intervention in Somalia since 18 special
forces soldiers died fighting militias in Mogadishu in 1993, a battle
dramatised in the film Black Hawk Down.

However, President Donald Trump has expanded military action against the al-Qaeda affiliate in the Horn of Africa nation.

The preferred approach today is to enable local forces to provide their own security.

The
US has been providing training and advice to Somalia's special forces.
This elite local group is expected to lead the fight against al-Shabab
militants. For now, some of their operations are carried out with their
US advisers alongside.

The wider Somali National Army has also
been receiving US support. Last month dozens of American troops arrived
in the country to train them. The UK and Turkey are also playing a
similar role in this larger and more challenging task of building a
sustainable Somali army.

US Africa Command spokeswoman Robyn Mack said the American "service member" had been struck by small arms fire. Two other members of the US military wounded in the same incident were receiving "proper medical attention", she added.